Christopher riessner



(No Model.)

"R'IESSNEP,

- OIL STOVE.

No. 340,363. I Patented 'Apr. 20, 1886.

N. PETERS PhulvLllhngr-aphur. Washlnginn. I;

UNTTE STATES PATENT Fries,

CHRISTOPHER RIESSNER, OF \VASIIINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO 0. RIESSNER (30., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter. Patent NO. 340,363, dated April 20, 1886. Application filed November 25, 1885. Serial No. 183,979. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER RIEssNER, of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of the stove. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the oil-chamber, and Fig. 3 a bottom view of the water-pan. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section detail of the joint.

This invention relates to improvements in oil-stoves, its object being to make the part serving as a cover to the oil-chamber to readily lift therefrom, so as to have easy access to said chamber to remove wicks or other articles that may have fallen through the wick-tubes; and it consists in certain detailsof arrangement and construction, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the oil-chamber, upon which the stove rests. The said chamber is formed of sheet metal or other suitable material, and is open at top. a is the horizontally inwardly-bent edge of the top of the oil-chamber, forming a shoulder, a, upon which the cover rests.

From the inner edge of the shoulder a the edge portion a runs downward and slightly inward, and then turns horizontally inward again, forming the flange a and the circumferential recess a between said flange and the nearly-vertical part a of the edge portion a.

a is the oil-feeding tube, having a proper screw-cap upon it, as shown.

B is the water-pan, of usual construction, and hinged atb to the oil-chamber.

b is a circular flange depending from the bottom of the water-pan and concentric therewith. The flange bis of such size that when the waterpan is turned down it will enter recess a, and will rest within and press tightly against the part a of the edge portion a. Where the part a and'shoulder a, meet, the angle is rounded, so that the flange b can easily fall into the recess a The angle between the part a and flange a is also rounded, to form a close joint with the flange b and prevent the oil rising up between the water-pan and oil-chamber.

b is the circumferential portion of the bottom of the water-pan outside of the flange b. When the water-pan is down, the portion 1) rests upon and is upheld by the shoulder a.

b is a spring-catch secured to the edge of the-top of the oil-chamber at a point diametrically opposite the hinge b. The upper end of the spring-catch has near it the groove 71*, formed by bending the metal of which it is made, as shown. The said groove, when the water-pan is down on the oil-chamber, engages upon the bead b around the top edge of the former and keeps it in place. To open the oilchamber, the spring-catch is disengaged from the bead bypressing outward its point above the groove b.

0 O are wick-tubes of ordinary construction, running through the bottom of the water-pan, and c c are the wick-wheels, turned by the headed rods 0.

c is the discharge-outlet for the water-pan.-

D is the frame, secured to and rising from the top of the water-pan, and (Z is the wiregauze or perforated metal, secured within the circular opening of said frame and surround ing the wick-tubes near their tops.

E is the stove-body, of ordinary construction, hinged at its lower end to the frame D at a point above the hinge b.

The stove-body, water-pan, wick-tubes, and frame D, being of usual construction, need no further description.

The invention is free from the likelihood of getting the water-pan jammed to the oil-chamber, common to lamp-stoves having the waterpan screwing into the oil-chamber, and when a wick has been by accident or carelessness turned down into the oil-chamber the waterpan can be readily lifted from the latter, even by a child, and the wick removed. The same applies to any article fallen or forced down the wick-tubes.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the oil-chamber A, having the shoulder a, the depending portion a, the circumferential recess a and the flange a formed at its upper end by bending the upper portion of its body, and the water-pan B,

hinged at b on the oil-chamber, and provided on its bottom with the depending flange b, to

enter the oil-chamber and bind on the part a, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described oil-stove, composed of the oil-chamber A, provided with the shoulder a, recess of, depending part a, the waterpan B, hinged at b upon the oil-pan, provided with the discharge-tube c and on its bottom with the depending flange b, the spring-catch b opposite the hinge b, the wick-tubes 0, pass 

